And how ȝe shal saue ȝow-self · þeL.2.39: The original scribe inserted the <e> of þe after initial copying, no doubt in response to the corrector's <+> in the right margin, which has since been partially erased. Sauter bereth witnesseL.2.39: A blurred red line under the final <e> of witnesse and a blue dot at the end of the line are offset from the initial on the facing leaf.

Whan symonye and cyuile · seiȝ here beireL.2.68: LC alone have beire, the genitive form of bo, "both"; most other B manuscripts have synonymous boþer. wille

+

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L.2.69: The corrector has marked this line with a <+> in the left margin. Thei assented for siluer · to seiL.2.69: L's cancellation of <i> is odd. Nearly all other B manuscripts have seye. as bothe wolde

Simoni and siuilyeL.2.70: A s. xvi hand has inserted in the left margin Simoni and siuilye.

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Thanne lepe lyer forth · and seide lo here a chartre

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That gyle with his gret othes · gaf hem togidere

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And preide cyuile to se · and symonye to rede it

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Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe

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And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked

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And þus bigynneth þes gomes · to greden ful heiȝ

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Sciant presentes & futuri &c ·

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¶ Witeth and witnesseth · þat wonieth vpon þis ertheL.2.77: Each of the first three lines of the group is clearly marked with a punctus in brown ink in the left margin. Below and extending
through L.2.94 in the left margin is a bracket in very light black ink.

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Þat Mede is ymaried · more for here goodis

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Þan for ani vertue or fairenesse · or any free kyndeL.2.79-92: A non-continuous bracket in pale ink runs from L.2.79-92.

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Falsenesse is faine of hire · for he wote hire riche

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And fauel with his fikel speche · feffeth bi þis chartre

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To be prynces in pryde · and pouerte to dispise

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To bakbite · and to bosten · and bere fals witnesse

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To scorne and to scolde · and sclaundere to make

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Vnboxome and bolde · to breke þe ten hestes

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¶ And þe Erldome of enuye · and wratthe togideres

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With þe chastelet of chest · and chateryng oute of resoun

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Þe counte of coueitise · and alle þe costes aboute

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That is vsure and auarice · alle I hem graunte

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In bargaines and in brokages · with al þe borgtheborg[h]e of theft

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¶ And al þe lordeship of lecherye · in lenthe and in brede

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As in werkes and in wordes · and waitynges with eies

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And in wedes and in wisshynges · and with ydel thouȝtes

+

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There as wille ne wolde · andwermanshipwer[k]manship faillethL.2.94: The word ne was inserted after original copying by the text scribe; only LCY among B witnesses have the negative. The word and has been subpuncted at the beginning of the b-verse. A small <+> in the left margin may mark either of these for correction,
or may refer to the scribe's wermanship for werkmanship.

And Pieres þe pardonereL.2.111: The <a> and the <o> have been overwritten in a later ink. · of paulynes doctrine

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Bette þe bedel · of Bokyngham-shire

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Rainalde þe Reue · of Rotland sokene

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Munde þe Mellere · and many moo other

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In þe date of þe deuel þis dede I assele

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Bi siȝte of sire symonye · and cyuyles leue

Theologie to mede

civile

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¶ Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herdeL.2.117: A marginal hand, not represented elsewhere in the manuscript, wrote in the right margin Theologie to mede, then lined through mede and added civile. Three heavy black points, arranged vertically, also appear in the right margin.

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And seide to cyuile · now sorwe mot þow haue

+

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Such wendyngeswe[d]dyngesL.2.119: A <+> in the left margin marks the text for correction. The scribe, however, failed to correct wendynges to weddynges, the reading of most B witnesses. LC alone have such wendynges. to worche to wratthe with treuthe

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And ar þis weddyng be wrouȝte · wo þe bityde

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¶ For Mede is moylere · of amendes engendrethL.2.121: LCYR alone have the form engendreth; all other B manuscripts have the past participle. The form spelled engendrit in some A manuscripts perhaps accounts for the error.

¶Ac mynstallesmynst[r]allesL.2.230: A <+> appears in the left margin, although no correction was made to erroneous mynstalles. The same error occurs at L.3.134, where it was also marked for correction and the correction not made. and messageres · mette with hym ones